Object card·SAL_1927·1967

Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Classical

Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Classical
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1927. "Hollow-moulded bust fragment of a standing draped woman, Classical". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow-moulded bust fragment, left side, showing a breast and the top of the arm (?), without the back; fragments of neck, breasts, shoulders, arms and hands. Beige fabric with traces of grey-white slip; H. 5.5 cm, l. 6.5 cm. Small tunic folds radiate from the breast, and a vertically marked armhole (?) is shown by a deeply incised line. A neckline, perhaps rounded, in deep relief, holds a necklace of which only two pendant tips remain. Square K VI/γ3, south of the rampart, Salamis; inventory Tc_0507; negative 01950_03; slide C_1834; 3 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique objet : Femme debout drapé indéterminé carre : K VI/γ3 forme : Figurines moulées creuses type :Bustes caracterique : Fragments : cous, seins, épaules, bras, mains negatif : 01950_03 Fragment de buste, côté gauche : sein (gros éclat de surface à la pointe du sein) et haut du bras (?), sans l'arrière. Pâte beige et traces d'engobe blanc-gris. Moulé creux. H. 5,5 diapositives : C_1834 inv objet : Tc_0507 inv tessons : Tc_0507 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0544_p_0147 l. 6,5. Petits plis de tunique irradiant du sein. Emmanchure verticale (?) marquée par une ligne fortement incisée. Très en creux également, un décolleté, peut-être arrondi, dans lequel s'inscrit un collier dont il ne reste que deux pointes de pendants. Le bras s'élargit curieusement vers la gauche (?)·

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